Mia Kovacic says she emerges painfully transformed from all of Han Kang's books. I read The Vegetarian first. I found it subversive, poetic, dark, violent, and genuine. It was unlike anything I had read before and seemed to stand in a league of its own. It's a deeply feminist book, purely because it's a deeply human book that deals with a woman breaking with everything she has ever known: her family, her husband, all of society. It was a transformative read and an unpretentiously radical book.
Katherine Wildman says she devoured The Vegetarian during a train journey in one day. I went to Skiathos, Greece this year and took Greek Lessons with me. I have recommended it to so many people since, saying that nothing happens but everything happens ... it made me weep for the power of kindness. Her writing is compelling, profound, and evokes a deep emotional response.
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